Patents Examined by Rayeez R Chowdhury
  • Patent number: 11693537
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and system are provided for window placement in a visual display of a data processing system. A computer gathers data of user preferences of size and position of windows in a visual display through use of the visual display, wherein windows relate to resources accessed by a user of the data processing system. Upon a new display action, the computer determines a current context of the visual display, wherein the current context includes existing windows in the visual display. The computer applies the data of user preferences to the new display action to provide an updated display context, wherein the applying includes influencing one or more sizes and one or more positions of one or more windows in the visual display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew M. Lees, Aaron T. R. Gashi, Samuel B. Hawker, Aaron Collins
  • Patent number: 11695899
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for presenting subtitles. The systems and methods include accessing, by a user device, a video discovery graphical user interface that includes a plurality of videos; receiving a user input that gradually reduces volume of the user device; determining that the volume of the user device has gradually been reduced by the user input until a mute state has been reached in which audio output of the user device is disabled; and in response to determining that the volume of the user device has gradually been reduced until the mute state has been reached, automatically causing subtitles of a first video of the plurality of videos to be displayed during playback of the first video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan Kenneth Boyd, Andrew Grosvenor Cooper, David Michael Hornsby, Georgiy Kassabli, Matthew Thompson
  • Patent number: 11681420
    Abstract: Methods and systems for presenting transportation options that utilize different modalities are provided. In one embodiment, a method is provided that includes receiving a location of a mobile device. A map may then be generated on the mobile device that depicts an area surrounding the location of the mobile device. An information value of the map may be determined and a first position of a panel may be determined based on the information value. The map and the panel may be displayed, with the panel overlaying at least a portion of the map in the first position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Lyft, Inc.
    Inventors: Anna Pan, Bradley Ellis, Jaden Junghyuan Choi, Kevin Michael Tezlaf, Mario Gomez-Hall, Robert Joseph Marsan, Sravanthi Kadali, Christine Mara Todorovich, Marc Haumann
  • Patent number: 11675570
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method for developing a virtual programmable logic controller (PLC) application using a graphical user interface (GUI) is disclosed. The method including receiving, from a first portion of the GUI representing a tool box, a first selection of a first object from a set of objects represented in the GUI, wherein each of the set of objects performs a respective function. The method also includes inserting, into a horizontal section of a second portion of the GUI representing the virtual PLC application, the first object, wherein the horizontal section includes a second object that executes simultaneously as the first object in the horizontal section. The method also includes compiling code implementing the first object and the second object to generate the virtual PLC application, and adding a shortcut of the virtual PLC application to a virtual tray of an operating system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Programmable Logic Consulting, LLC
    Inventor: Harold Bayless
  • Patent number: 11675474
    Abstract: There is provided an image archiving method for use with a writing target, comprising the steps of receiving a series of captured images of the writing target, detecting difference between first and second candidate received images separated by a predetermined period of time, where additive differences are indicative of writing and subtractive differences are indicative of erasure; upon detecting subtractive difference, temporarily retaining a last candidate image captured prior to the detection, and detecting whether the subtractive difference relative to the retained image exceeds a subtraction threshold amount; and if so, then storing the retained image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shogo Takanashi
  • Patent number: 11650724
    Abstract: A scheduling system and method provides a strategy for an interactive and automated summarized source network schedule on a time-scaled graph of a digital canvas that includes a hierarchy of schedule densities generated from source child activities. As the time-scaled graph is time compressed, the source child activities snap into parent activities of a higher hierarchy level such that the source child activities become visually non-present on the digital canvas and the parent activities of the higher hierarchy level becomes visually present on the digital canvas. As the time-scaled graph is time-stretched, the source child activities that are associated with the parent activities of the hierarchy level that is currently visible on the digital canvas snap out of the parent activities and become visually present on the digital canvas and the parent activities become visually non-present.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: PMA TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Gui Ponce de Leon, Vivek Puri, Seve Ponce de Leon, Sergio Ponce de Leon
  • Patent number: 11650716
    Abstract: The present application discloses an operation method of an interactive flat panel, a storage medium, and related equipment. The method comprises displaying a play mode interface of a slide document and an interface of an annotation application, wherein the interface of the annotation application is a transparent layer covering the interface of the slide document. The method further comprises receiving a touch operation on the interface of the annotation application. When the touch operation is of a first type, page-turning of the slide document is performed, and when the touch operation is of a second type, the slide document is annotated on the interface of the annotation application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignees: GUANGZHOU SHIYUAN ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., GUANGZHOU SHIZHEN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ruiqiang Wu, Zeming Cai
  • Patent number: 11650789
    Abstract: An audio podcast distribution system includes a server configured to aggregate and store podcast audio files in a database, and a computing device in communication with the server. The computing device has a processor and a display coupled to the processor. The processor is configured to render an audio playback GUI on the display for playing a given podcast audio file from the database. The audio playback GUI includes a playback control user input, and an audio snippet creation user input. The processor is configured to when the audio snippet creation user input is activated, render an audio snippet creation GUI for generating an audio snippet of the given podcast audio file, and upload the audio snippet of the given podcast audio file to the database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: PICKED CHERRIES INC.
    Inventors: Stuart M. Goffman, Rick Cikowski, Jason Inasi
  • Patent number: 11644972
    Abstract: A virtual image display device and a setting method for an input interface are provided. The virtual image display device includes a virtual image display and a handheld electronic device. The virtual image display executes an application to provide multiple prompt commands to perform a setting action of the input interface. The handheld electronic device displays the input interface and receives multiple input touch actions corresponding to each of the prompt commands through the input interface in the setting action. The virtual image display calculates multiple effective touch areas respectively corresponding to the prompt commands according to a position distribution of each input touch action corresponding to each of the prompt commands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Chia-Chu Ho, Ching-Hao Lee
  • Patent number: 11620047
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method, an apparatus, a terminal device, and a storage medium for operating an interactive white board. The method includes receiving a file exhibition operation that occurs on a whiteboard application interface, opening a file exhibition window, displaying, in the file exhibition window, a file selected according to the file exhibition operation, and placing the file exhibition window on the whiteboard application interface, receiving a writing operation that occurs on the whiteboard application interface, and according to the writing operation, generating a writing trajectory on the whiteboard application interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignees: GUANGZHOU SHIYUAN ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LIMITED, GUANGZHOU SHIZHEN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Liwei Xia
  • Patent number: 11620433
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a web user experience improvement for digital magazines. A digital magazine viewing platform is integrated with a digital magazine publishing platform including features that leverage the integration including user interface arrangement based on viewing habits and ripped content that is insertable into draft digital magazine documents. In some embodiments, a machine learning model categorizes magazine styles and present publishing features based on those magazines viewed or subscribed to by a given user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: 21 Entertainment LLC
    Inventor: Mario C. Smith
  • Patent number: 11620447
    Abstract: An autocomplete function for textual input uses situational parameters to predict the next words the user is intending to type. Situational and temporal parameters are based on textual input and sensor data of the user. A past time window is based on the situational and temporal parameters. Historical textual input and sensor data during the time window relating to the situational parameters are retrieved from a storage device and aggregated. A pre-existing model that relates the situational parameter to the time window is used to select a situational value based on the textual input and sensor data. Words relating to the situational parameter are listed that the user is likely to input next based on the selected situational value. The words are ranked by the probability that the user is intending to type each of the words. The highest ranked word is displayed to the user on a user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Koa Health B.V.
    Inventors: Teodora Sandra Buda, Joao Guerreiro, Aleksandar Matic, Albert Garcia i Tormo
  • Patent number: 11614915
    Abstract: Generating an audio processing design includes placing representations of audio processing modules using a user interface. The method includes causing the display of the representations of the audio processing modules in the user interface, receiving user input to place a representation of a start thread module in the audio processing design between a representation of an upstream audio module and representations of downstream audio modules, the representation of the start thread module having data associated therewith that defines a buffer up factor and a thread identifier, receiving user input to specify the buffer up factor and thread identifier associated with the representation of the start thread module, and applying the specified thread identifier and a sample block size that is derived from the specified buffer up factor, downstream from the representation of the thread start module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: DSP Concepts, Inc.
    Inventor: Paul Eric Beckmann
  • Patent number: 11599705
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a web user experience improvement for digital magazines. A digital magazine viewing platform is integrated with a digital magazine publishing platform including features that leverage the integration including user interface arrangement based on viewing habits and ripped content that is insertable into draft digital magazine documents. In some embodiments, a machine learning model categorizes magazine styles and present publishing features based on those magazines viewed or subscribed to by a given user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: 21 Entertainment LLC
    Inventor: Mario C. Smith
  • Patent number: 11586352
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention relate to a method for setting a layout for a physical keyboard by an electronic device to which same is connected, and a device therefor. An electronic device according to various embodiments of the present invention may comprise a display, a communication interface, a memory, and a processor, wherein the processor includes the functions of: sensing, through the communication interface, whether an external device is connected; displaying guide text related to keyboard layout configurations by means of the display on the basis of the function of sensing whether the external device is connected; receiving a key value input by a user through the external device; searching for a layout corresponding to the received key value; and setting the found layout as a keyboard layout for the connected external device. Various embodiments are possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jiyoon Heo, Myojin Bang, Minjeong Moon, Minjung Moon, Seoyoung Yoon, Hayoung Jeon, Jaegi Han
  • Patent number: 11580681
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: an image acquisition unit configured to acquire a photographed image; an editing unit configured to edit the photographed image by executing an action including an application and image processing that is a function of the application; an information acquisition unit configured to acquire photographing information on photographing of the photographed image; a first acquisition unit configured to acquire first history information indicating a history of actions for the photographed image; a second acquisition unit configured to acquire second history information based on at least a history of actions for an image different from the photographed image; and a control unit configured to determine a candidate for an action that is to be executed next on a basis of the first history information and the second history information and perform control to notify the determined candidate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kotaro Kitajima
  • Patent number: 11573696
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide an application display method and a terminal, where the method includes: acquiring a first flicking gesture, where a start position of the first flicking gesture is located in a first preset operating area; and when the terminal detects that the first flicking gesture is a first preset flicking gesture, displaying an application that is in a first state, where the first state includes at least one of the following states: a state of running in the foreground, a state of running in the background, and a state of being buffered in the background. Therefore, a recently used application can be displayed to a user according to a gesture of the user, without a need to dispose a dedicated button, thereby improving operation and control efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Huawei Device Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zheng Hu, Bingtian Han, Xiangning Liu
  • Patent number: 11561687
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an operation method for split-screen display. During split-screen display of an electronic device, the electronic device receives a first operation performed by a user in a display area that displays a first interface of a first application, and displays a second interface of the first application in the display area in response to the first operation, where the second interface is a previous-level interface of the first interface; or the electronic device receives a second operation performed by a user in a display area, and enables, in response to the second operation, a first application displayed in the display area to exit the split-screen display; or the electronic device receives a third operation performed by a user in a display area, and displays a multi-task interface in the display area in response to the third operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Liudong Xiong
  • Patent number: 11556183
    Abstract: A method and system for generating training data for training a gesture detection machine-learning (ML) model includes receiving a request to generate training data for the gesture detection model, the training data being associated with a target gesture, retrieving data associated with an original gesture, the original gesture being a gesture made using a body part, retrieving skeleton data associated with the target gesture, the skeleton data displaying a skeleton representative of the body part and the skeleton displaying the target gesture, aligning a location of the body part in the data with a location of the skeleton in the skeleton data, providing the aligned data and the skeleton data to an ML model for generating a target data that displays the target gesture, receiving the target data as an output from the ML model, the target data preserving a visual feature of the data and displaying the target gesture, and providing the target data to the gesture detection ML model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Ji Li, Mingxi Cheng, Fatima Zohra Daha, Amit Srivastava
  • Patent number: 11543896
    Abstract: A system and method for typing assistance is provided. One or more letter selections are received from a user via a keyboard. Examples of one or more words including the received letter selections are selected from a dictionary list during predictive typing and provided to the user. An additional letter selection is received. A determination is made that no words with the letter selections and the additional letter selection exist in the dictionary list. Keys for all letters on the keyboard are disabled. Artificial intelligence functionality is activated and one or more of the disabled keys are enabled via the artificial intelligence functionality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Inventor: Athanasios Clementides