Patents Examined by Renee D Chavez
  • Patent number: 10789080
    Abstract: A computing system comprises, in one example, a display system, a portal hierarchy model have a plurality of nodes arranged in hierarchical parent/child relationships, each node representing a set of one or more portals and having associated portal configuration data, and a portal rendering system configured to detect a user request to render content in a given one of the portals and to obtain a set of portal configuration data for the given portal by identifying a first node in the portal hierarchy model that represents the given portal and traversing the portal hierarchy model from the first node to a second node that is a parent of the first node. The computing system also includes a display system controller configured to control the display system to generate portal user interface displays based on the set of portal configuration data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Bianca Blount Levy, Riccardo Terrell, Jonathan Claude Baker, Nancy Fung
  • Patent number: 10761714
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium may comprise instructions stored thereon. When executed by at least one processor, the instructions may be configured to cause a computing device to implement at least a user interface module and a coordinator module. The user interface module may be configured to pass layout constraints to the coordinator module. The coordinator module may be configured to process input received by the computing device, recognize gestures based on the input, update a display based on the recognized gestures and the layout constraints passed to the coordinator module by the user interface module, and in response to recognizing an application-specific gesture, pass the application-specific gesture to the user interface module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Ian Fischer, Chinmay Sunil Garde
  • Patent number: 10732802
    Abstract: Embodiments provide functionality to provide electronic calendar features and functionalities including personal note-taking features on calendar items, but the embodiments are not so limited. In an embodiment, a computer-based method can be configured to provide a personal note-taking space that enables users to take personal notes on appointment or meeting items with or without sharing the personal notes. Other embodiments are included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Chun Hin Nelson Siu, Jonathan Cadiz
  • Patent number: 10684755
    Abstract: A portable terminal device has enclosures with a movable portion, a display section that displays visible information showing an operation target area, and a touch sensor that detects a position on a display screen of the display section touched by a user's finger, or the like. A shape detection section detects a change in the shape of the enclosure; an input operation management section manages a position detected by the touch sensor and an operation target area of each of pieces of visible information displayed on the display section in an associated manner; and a display control section automatically makes a change to at least display positions of the respective pieces of visible information about the operation target displayed on the display section in accordance with a change in shape of the enclosure detected by the shape detection section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Tomohiro Ishihara, Kazumasa Gomyo, Satoshi Iino, Yuji Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 10684773
    Abstract: Method and apparatus are disclosed for mobile device interface for trailer backup-assist. An example vehicle system includes a vehicle and a mobile device. The mobile device includes a touchscreen, a communication module, and a controller. The controller is to present, via the touchscreen, an interface for trailer backup-assist and detect a swipe when the interface is presented. The controller also is to instruct, via the communication module, the vehicle to move in a direction corresponding to the swipe and continue to instruct the vehicle to move in the direction while detecting a continuous orbital motion extending from the swipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Erick Michael Lavoie
  • Patent number: 10656800
    Abstract: Techniques for visual configuration and activation are described. Techniques discussed herein enable visuals to be presented to a user based on a user-specific visual configuration. The visuals are activated such that the visuals are selectable to access various functionalities. In at least some embodiments, a visualization that represents a user-specific visual configuration is provided to and displayed on a device. The visualization includes inactive visuals that are activated based on various considerations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Henri-Charles Machalani, Marina Dukhon, Thomas H. Alphin, III, Samer F. Sawaya, Sarah W. McDevitt, Daniel W. DeKlotz, Jakub P. Kotynia, Marko Panic, David S. Amenta
  • Patent number: 10650085
    Abstract: An interactive preview of a content within a communication is provided. An application such as a communication application retrieves metadata of a content from a content provider, in response to a detection of an insertion of a link of the content into a message. An interactive preview of the content is generated based on the metadata. The interactive preview provides actions to manage the interactive preview and the content. The interactive preview is inserted into the message in proximity to the link. Custom operations associated with the actions are executed in response to a transmission of the message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Joey Masterson, Kenneth Fern, Rebecca Lawler, Hayley Steplyk
  • Patent number: 10642486
    Abstract: A game device 10 includes: a keyboard display section 112 displaying a plurality of input regions corresponding to a plurality of input objects on a screen of a display device, receiving a first operation input on a rear touch pad, and displaying, in an enlarged state, a predetermined input region among the plurality of input regions; and an input receiving section 111 receiving a second operation input for determining an input object, and inputting the input object corresponding to an input region identified by the second operation input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventor: Yusuke Iida
  • Patent number: 10642883
    Abstract: To provide synergy between spatial and qualitative information in a single display, a client computing device displays a schematic representation of geographic entities that includes qualitative information about each geographic entity. The geographic entities may be portions of a geographic area which are organized spatially in the schematic. While each geographic entity may have a different size or geometry, the geographic entities are displayed within same sized geographic information cards. The geographic information cards are also traversable by a user through panning from one geographic information card to the next or zooming in and out of different views of the geographic information cards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Zhou Bailiang, Guangqiang Zhang
  • Patent number: 10620802
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system and method for algorithmic modeling interface (“AMI”) model development. Embodiments may include enabling a selection from a plurality of templates associated with an advanced equalization algorithm at a graphical user interface. Embodiments may further include receiving a selection of at least one of the plurality of templates at the graphical user interface and displaying a selected template at the graphical user interface. Embodiments may also include allowing a user to edit one or more parameters associated with the selected template at the graphical user interface and generating an algorithmic modeling interface (“AMI”) model based upon, at least in part, the selected template and the one or more parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Ambrish Kant Varma, Kumar Chidhambara Keshavan, Delong Cai, Kenneth R. Willis, Bradford C. Griffin, Xuegang Zeng
  • Patent number: 10613712
    Abstract: An apparatus for processing information of an electronic document includes: a display unit configured to display at least one recommended item indicating user interest information in a first electronic document, and a controller configured to provide to the display unit for displaying the at least one recommended item in the first electronic document based on user information collected from the first electronic document, and to provide to the display unit for displaying user interest information through a function corresponding to a selected item of the at least one recommended item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chang-Hyup Jwa, Kyung-Tae Kim, Hye-Rim Bae, Yang-Wook Kim, Sun-Kee Lee, Doo-Suk Kang, Chang-Ho Lee, Sae-Mee Yim, Yong-Joon Jeon
  • Patent number: 10580307
    Abstract: An AIS information display device comprises an information acquisition component, an icon generator, and a display component. The information acquisition component acquires bearing information, which is information about the bearing of other targets with respect to the position of the host vessel. The icon generator uses an icon-use host vessel symbol S3 and one other target symbol S2 to generate an icon 19 that indicates the relative bearings of the host vessel and another target. The display component displays the icon 19 generated by the icon generator. Consequently, a ship display device can be provided which makes every target easy to understand, even when there are many other targets around the host vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: FURUNO ELECTRIC COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: Toru Yoshikawa
  • Patent number: 10565210
    Abstract: A device may receive user information associated with a user and may generate a reputational profile based on the user information. The device may receive a request to provide a graphical representation associated with the reputational profile to another device associated with a service. The device may generate a reputational indicator based a subset of information, in the reputational profile, that is related to the service. The device may provide the graphical representation, including the reputational indicator, to the other device associated with the service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Manian Krishnamoorthy, Ying Chen
  • Patent number: 10551995
    Abstract: In a general aspect, a computer-implemented method can include displaying a first user interface window on a touchscreen display of a computing device, where first user interface window includes a plurality of application icons associated with respective applications available for execution by the computing device. The computer-implemented method can further include detecting a touch input on the touchscreen display at a location associated with a first application icon from the plurality of application icons. The computer-implemented method can also include, in response to the touch input, displaying concurrently on the touchscreen display of the computing device a first portion of the first user interface window and a second portion of a second user interface window, wherein the second user interface window displays a user interface of the application associated with the first application icon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Twitter, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward Ho, Gordon Luk, Todd Jackson
  • Patent number: 10496255
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided herein for accentuating candidate characters of strings relating to promotional content. To this end, a media guidance application may receive user input of a character through a user interface. The media guidance application may identify a plurality of strings that the character could be used to achieve, compare each string of the plurality of strings to entries of a promotional database, and identify, based on the comparing, a string that is designated as a promotional string. The media guidance application may then determine a next character of the promotional string, and may accentuate a portion of the user interface that corresponds to the next character.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventor: Ajit Shanware
  • Patent number: 10491735
    Abstract: An electronic device and a method are provided for controlling volume. The electronic device includes a touch screen including a main area on a front surface of the electronic device and an auxiliary area formed on a side of the main area; and a controller configured to detect a touch area contacted on the auxiliary area in a call mode, to determine the auxiliary area as a volume control area based on the touch area, and to control volume according to a touch event input in the volume control area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Seungyun Lee, Younghoon Kwak, Dongkyu Kim, Yu-Jeong Jeon
  • Patent number: 10481769
    Abstract: A device with touch-sensitive surface and display is configured to: display a page of a multi-page interface; and detect an input that includes a contact and movement of the contact on the touch-sensitive surface. The device is further configured to, in response to detecting the input: if the input meets next-page display criteria, where the next-page display criteria include a criterion that is met when the contact moves by more than a predefined amount in a first predetermined direction, replace display of the page with display of a second page of the multi-page interface; and if the input meets search-interface display criteria, where the search-interface display criteria include a criterion that is met when the contact moves by more than the predefined amount in a second predetermined direction that is perpendicular to the first direction, display a search interface that includes a search input field for inputting search terms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Chanaka G. Karunamuni, Imran Chaudhri
  • Patent number: 10469897
    Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to provide content to a playback network are disclosed. An example method includes displaying an indicator of multimedia content to a user via a graphical user interface. The example method includes enabling a multiselect state to allow the user to select multiple items from a browseable list of indicators associated with multimedia content. The example method includes providing a context-sensitive menu including a plurality of options associated with playback of selected items based on enablement of the multiselect state. The example method includes applying an option to each of the selected items based on user selection. The example method includes passing information regarding the multimedia content to a playback system including one or more multimedia playback devices in response to user selection of the option.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Reimann, Abhishek Kumar, Paul Bates
  • Patent number: 10359923
    Abstract: An interface for configuring an interaction site is provided. First values corresponding to first parameters of an interaction page of the one or more interaction pages are received. Recommended interaction pages for the interaction site are selected based on the first values. An interface for selecting any interaction page of the recommended interaction pages is provided. Data indicating a selection of a particular interaction page is received. In response to receiving the data indicating the selection of the particular interaction page, an interface for configuring the particular interaction page is provided. Second values corresponding to second parameters of the particular interaction page are received. A second multi-step communication flow is determined based on (i) values corresponding to the parameters associated with the first multi-step communication flow and (ii) the second values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Inventors: Praphul Kumar, Leon Vymenets
  • Patent number: 10360278
    Abstract: An example method of accessing a web page includes receiving audio output from speakers of electronic equipment; detecting a cue in the received audio output; determining a web address based on the detected cue; and connecting to a web page using the web address.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Nintendo of America Inc.
    Inventor: Darren C. Smith