Patents Examined by Rayeez R Chowdhury
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Patent number: 11307825Abstract: The method provides for one or more processor receiving on a personal device, a mixture of sounds within a sound stream from multiple sources. The one or more processors identifying one or more sounds of the mixture of sounds from the multiple sources, based on a sound separation technique. The one or more processors displaying on a user interface of the personal device an icon corresponding respectively to a classification of the one or more sounds identified from the multiple sources. The one or more processors receiving a selection of a sound from the mixture of the multiple sounds, based on an action by a user of the personal device selecting the icon displayed on the user interface of the personal device, and the one or more processors recording the sound from the mixture of the multiple sounds selected by the user.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2021Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Sarbajit K. Rakshit, Manish Anand Bhide, Seema Nagar, Madhavi Katari, Kuntal Dey
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Patent number: 11294548Abstract: An method for playing video contents including detecting whether or not a play condition for playing a video content corresponding to a first content block in a video display page is met. When it is detected that the play condition for playing the video content corresponding to the first content block is met, adjusting a player instance corresponding to the video display page to the first content block, and playing the video content corresponding to the first content block through the player instance. The technical solution of the present disclosure simplify a play process of playing a video content, avoid that a user browses information related to the video content after entering into a new detail page by clicking icons on the video display page one by one, and enable the user to directly watch a video content corresponding to a content block on the video display page.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2016Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: BANMA ZHIXING NETWORK (HONGKONG) CO., LIMITEDInventors: Ding Sheng, Mian Peng
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Patent number: 11290661Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 24, 2021Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Nathan Kenneth Boyd, Andrew Grosvenor Cooper, David Michael Hornsby, Georgiy Kassabli, Matthew Thompson
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Patent number: 11287970Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 11, 2021Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: Huawei Device Co., Ltd.Inventors: Zheng Hu, Bingtian Han, Xiangning Liu
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Patent number: 11287944Abstract: An application window display method and a terminal. The method is applied to a terminal that supports displaying a plurality of application windows, and includes displaying, by the terminal, a first graphical user interface (GUI), where the first GUI comprises a first application window, receiving, by the terminal, an input operation performed on the first application window, and displaying, by the terminal, a second GUI in response to the input operation, where the second GUI comprises a soft keyboard at a fixed display location, and an area in the second GUI other than the soft keyboard includes the first application window, with the first application window being completely displayed, and where the display location of the soft keyboard in the second GUI partially or completely overlaps a display location of the first application window in the first GUI.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2018Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Dengkui Zhu, Hao Huang, Zhichao Yang, Bin Xu
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Patent number: 11281353Abstract: A method for moving and orienting an object in a virtual reality or augmented reality environment that uses a movement tool with multiple states that correspond to the actions that a user may take to manipulate the object. The movement tool may have a stored position and orientation that are applied directly to the object without the need for user input; if these parameters are not stored, the movement tool may enter a moving or placing state, and/or an orientation state where the user can set the position or orientation, respectively. Additional movement tool states may include a rotation state and a translation state. State-specific guides or controls may be shown in certain states of the movement tool. These tools may enable a user to perform accurate and intuitive actions to move, scale or rotate an object in an n-dimensional space with millimeter precision.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2021Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: ATOS FRANCEInventors: Pieter Verduijn, Lars Temmink, Danny Oldenhave, Wim Ederveen, Erik Kuiper
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Patent number: 11281844Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 12, 2021Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: 21 Entertainment LLCInventor: Mario C Smith
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Patent number: 11262886Abstract: Technologies are disclosed that enable a computing system to present a structured arrangement for tracking content items on a shared user interface (UI) during a communication session. The structured arrangement is a list that is displayed in a specific region of the shared UI. Inclusion of content items in the list makes it easier for users to locate and interact with those content items throughout the communication session. The ability to create and manipulate the list may be limited to only certain users such as a moderator. Use of this list can promote inclusivity and fairness. For instance, inclusion in the list may prevent content items from being forgotten or ignored. Additionally, the names of users who contributed the content items may be shown in the list thereby providing recognition for those users.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2019Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Hannah Rebecca Lewbel, Isabel Sophie Sharp, Adam Michael Gleisner, Lindsey Conway, Clea Allington, Minu George, Samantha Robbie Courts, Margaret Arlene Grounds, Scott H. W. Snyder, Nassr Albahadly
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Patent number: 11256337Abstract: Methods of controlling objects using an apparatus including a motion sensor and a processing unit and include sensing motion, converting the motion into a command function and processing the command function based on the sensed motion.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2017Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: QUANTUM INTERFACE, LLCInventors: Jonathan Josephson, Kurt Edward Nalty
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Patent number: 11255164Abstract: Dynamically combining graphical information from multiple windows displayed in a graphical user interface includes displaying a first window including a first graphic representation of a first data set, and a second window including a second graphic representation of a second data set. An overlap condition is detected by constantly monitoring a boundary of the first window and a boundary of the second window. In response to detecting the overlap condition, the first data set and the second data set are processed to identify a first and second set of attributes of the first and second data sets, respectively. A third set of attributes is determined, whereby the third set of attributes is common to the first set of attributes and the second set of attributes. A third window including a third graphic representation is generated and displayed based on the first graphic representation and the third set of attributes.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2016Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: Schlumberger Technology CorporationInventors: Hallgrim Ludvigsen, Mark Gerrard Douglas
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Patent number: 11256864Abstract: Private and secure autocomplete suggestions are enabled based on a user contacts database, even when an application has not been granted access to the user contacts database. A keyboard process can receive and display suggestions based on input provided via the keyboard. The suggestions are generated based on a contacts database of a user. The suggestions are generated without exposing the contacts database to the application. Suggestions are then displayed to the user without exposing the suggestions to the application. Once a suggestion is selected by a user, the selected suggestion is provided to the application for insertion into a text field.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2021Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: Apple, Inc.Inventors: Zeheng Chen, Jessica Aranda, Patrick Coffman, Patrick W. Demasco, Julien Freudiger, Karan Misra, Stephen J. Rhee, Guy L. Tribble
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Patent number: 11250605Abstract: In an image processing device, an image processing method and a recording medium, individual images and common images are selected from a plurality of images based an analysis result of images, a name of a specific individual, and association of a name of a person with a group of an image of the person. The individual images are laid out on an individual page, and the common images are laid out on a common page. Images in which two or less persons including a person corresponding to the name of the specific individual appear are preferentially selected as the individual image, and images which are other than the individual images and in which three or more persons appear are selected as the common images such that the number of appearances of each person becomes an average of the numbers of appearances of a plurality of persons.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2020Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventor: Kei Yamaji
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Patent number: 11249623Abstract: A system and method for generating an integrated interface is provided. A user dataset of a user, a peer dataset of a peer user, and interactive titles available to the user are stored in memory. A network interface establishes a session with a user device associated with the first user. A processor executes instructions stored in memory, wherein execution of the instructions by the processor constructs a group of interactive activities based on the sets of one or more activities of each interactive title, a user presence based on the first user dataset, and a peer presence based on the peer dataset and displays the set of interactive activities, the user presence, and the peer presence on an integrated interface displayed on the first user device.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2018Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignees: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLC, SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.Inventors: Steven Trombetta, Charles Wayne Denison, II, Benedikt Neuenfeldt, Akihiko Kusumoto, Nobukazu Koyama, Atsushi Fuse
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Patent number: 11237692Abstract: Method, apparatus and computer program product for generating a member calendar in a group-based communication system are described herein.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2019Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: Slack Technologies, LLCInventors: Lydia Han, Roland Schemers
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Patent number: 11231911Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 25, 2021Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONSULTING, LLCInventor: Harold Bayless
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Patent number: 11231789Abstract: A system and method for predictive typing assistance is provided. A selection of a key via a keyboard is received. The selected key is associated with a letter and the letter of the selected key is compared with a list of words. Letters that follow the selected letter in one or more words in the list of words are identified and keys associated with the letters are enabled for selection by the user based on the list of words. Letters that do not follow the selected letter are identified and keys for the identified letters are disabled from selection by the user. A multifunction key to allow interruption of the disabled keys upon selection of the letter key is enabled.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2021Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: CG FINICS OYInventor: Athanasios Clementides
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Patent number: 11221739Abstract: Systems, interfaces, and methods for implementing the systems and interfaces includes selection attractive movement as the selection protocol, where a selection object is used to discriminate between selectable objects and attract a target object toward the selection objects, where the direction and speed of the motion controls, discriminates, attracts, and activates the selected objects.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2021Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: QUANTUM INTERFACE, LLCInventor: Jonathan Josephson
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Patent number: 11221737Abstract: The technology disclosed herein includes a user interface for viewing and combining media items into a video. An example method includes presenting a user interface facilitating a creation of a video from a plurality of media items, wherein the user interface displays video content of the first and second media items in a first portion; receiving user input in the first portion of the user interface, wherein the user input comprises a selection of the first media item; updating the user interface to comprise a control element and a second portion, and adding the first media item to a set of selected media items, wherein the second portion displays image content of the set of selected media items and the control element enables a user to initiate the creation of the video; and creating the video based on video content of the set of selected media items.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2020Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Matthias Grundmann, Jokubas Zukerman, Marco Paglia, Kenneth Conley, Karthik Raveendran, Reed Morse
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Patent number: 11216163Abstract: An information transmission method, which is a method in which an information transmission apparatus transmits information through a dial pad during a call in a terminal, includes: executing an application program storing all or part of the information and displaying an application interface including the all or part of the information; executing the dial pad in a state where the application interface is displayed, and simultaneously displaying the dial pad and the application interface; and transmitting the information to another party through the dial pad, based on content of the application interface.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2020Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ying Liu, Hao Su
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Patent number: 11209902Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, systems, and program products are disclosed for controlling input focus based on eye gaze. An apparatus includes a processor and a memory that stores code executable by the processor. The code is executable by the processor to determine a location of a user's eye gaze on the display device. The code is executable by the processor to determine an application window presented on the display device that corresponds to the determined location of the user's eye gaze. The code is executable by the processor to ignore input in response to the determined application window that corresponds to the location of the user's eye gaze not having focus.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2020Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) PTE. LTD.Inventors: Arnold S. Weksler, John Carl Mese, Nathan J. Peterson, Russell Speight VanBlon, Mark Patrick Delaney